The Calculus Contoversy

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The Calculus ControversyThe Birth of Calculus .. These are the guys to blameLeibniz VS NewtonContribution of Both ScientistsSir Isaac NewtonLaws of motion.Universal Gravitaion.Origin of colors and spectrum.Emperical law of cooling.Binomial theorem.Invention of Calculus.Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizBinary systemTheory of EverythingLogicMetaphysical theory of dynamismTapologyInvention of CalculusNewton's CalculusDeveloped Calculus as a method of solving problems in physics.He called it Fluxions.He used geometrical proofs.Leibniz CalculusFound area under a curve y=f(x)Invented systematic notations ie the tall S summa and d differentia. Published books on differential and integral calculus in 1686.The beginning of controversyNewton didn't publish his work.Leibniz correspondence with Newton.Leibniz accused of plagiarsim for the first time by de Dullier.The UprisingIn 1704 Newton stated that Leibniz may had copied his work.Leibniz criticized Newton's work.The CommitteeA committee of 11 bright scientists from the Royal Society of England were chosen to look into the case.Newton was the president of the Royal Society at that time.

The End of ControversyThe Royal Society decided that:Newton was the soul inventor of Calculus.Leibniz was innocent of plagiarism.Finally...The whole world remembered Newton and forgot Leibniz.Leibniz was discredited from his work.However whole Europe completed calculus from where Leibniz had ended.Nowadays it's known that both scientists founded calculus independently and from two different approaches.